So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.

Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by society.

It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.

I don't mind what happens. That is the essence of inner freedom. It is a timeless spiritual truth: release attachment to outcomes, deep inside yourself, you'll feel good no matter what.

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I am destroying myself.

A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.

The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end - you don't come to an achievement, you don't come to a conclusion. It is an endless river.

Here is my secret: I don't mind what happens.

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone.

You have to look at the history of the Middle East in particular. It has been one of failure and frustration, of feudalism and tribalism.

But I was only a chaotic walker, nobody could stop me; even a totalitarian state was not able to control my daydreams, my poetic fascinations, the pattern of my walking.

All women like to have their clothes admired, and those that deny it are lying.

In this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently does a service to his race.

For years, particularly with the advent of the Internet, people have been griping about lessening attention spans.

The transcendental promises a vacation from history.

....nothing is so unhealthy or unstable as the reputation for power that is not based on one's own power.

There is but a plank between a sailor and eternity.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.